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لمعلومات عن Freikorps units that started the German war against Czechoslovakia، انظر Sudetendeutsches Freikorps.

Armed Freikorps paramilitaries in Berlin in 1919.

Freikorps (ألمانية: [ˈfʁaɪˌkoːɐ̯], "Free Corps") were irregular German military volunteer units that existed from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, which effectively fought as mercenary or private armies, regardless of their own nationality. In German-speaking countries, the first so-called Freikorps ("free regiments", Freie Regimenter) were formed in the 18th century from native volunteers, enemy renegades and deserters. These sometimes exotically equipped units served as infantry and cavalry (or more rarely as artillery), sometimes in just company strength, sometimes in formations up to several thousand strong; there were also various mixed formations or legions. The Prussian von Kleist Freikorps included infantry, jäger, dragoons and hussars. The French Volontaires de Saxe combined uhlans and dragoons.

In the aftermath of World War I and during the German Revolution of 1918–19, Freikorps consisting largely of World War I veterans were raised as right-wing paramilitary militias, ostensibly to fight on behalf of the government against the Soviet-backed German Communists attempting to overthrow the Weimar Republic. However, the Freikorps also largely despised the Republic and were involved in assassinations of its supporters.

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 Origins

Serbian, Wurmser, Odonel and Mahony Free Corps in 1798

The very first Freikorps were recruited by Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War. On 15 July 1759, Frederick ordered the creation of a squadron of volunteer hussars to be attached to the 1st Regiment of Hussars (von Kleist's Own). He entrusted the creation and command of this new unit to Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm von Kleist. This first squadron (80 men) was raised in Dresden and consisted mainly of Hungarian deserters. This squadron was placed under the command of Lieutenant Johann Michael von Kovacs. At the end of 1759, the first four squadrons of dragoons (also called horse grenadiers) of the Freikorps were organised. They initially consisted of Prussian volunteers from Berlin, Magdeburg, Mecklenburg and Leipzig, but later recruited deserters. The Freikorps were regarded as unreliable by regular armies, so they mainly were used as sentries and for minor duties.^{[بحاجة لمصدر]}

 See also

• Freikorps Awards
• Landsknecht
• List of defunct Paramilitary Organizations
• List of Free Corps
• List of Freikorps members
• List of paramilitary organizations
• Organisation Consul
• Freikorps in the Baltic
• Battle of Annaberg
• Free Corps Denmark
• Viking League related Freikorps activities
• Free company Medieval units with some similarities

 References

Notes

Bibliography

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 وصلات خارجية

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